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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Isaiah 22:5 - 22:5
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trouble ... by the Lord - that is, sent by or from the Lord (see on Isa 19:15; Luk 21:22-24).
valley of vision - (See on Isa 22:1). Some think a valley near Ophel is meant as about to be the scene of devastation (compare Isa 32:13, Isa 32:14).
breaking ... walls - that is, “a day of breaking the walls” of the city.
crying to the mountains - the mournful cry of the townsmen “reaches” to (Maurer translates, towards) the mountains, and is echoed back by them. Josephus describes in the very same language the scene at the assault of Jerusalem under Titus. To this the prophecy, probably, refers ultimately. If, as some think, the “cry” is that of those escaping to the mountains, compare Mat 13:14; Mat 24:16, with this.